The Quickest Way to Spend $100 Before 11am

By Louanne Woznicki**Guest post. Contact AsToldOverBrunch@gmail.com if you are interested in guest posting.

I recently moved into my own condo and with Pinterest-fueled inspiration decided to paint my bedroom. All was going smoothly until it was time to take out the blinds to finish painting around the windows. Fed up, I decided that could wait for another day.

After about a month in the new place it was past time to do battle with the blinds. A very helpful YouTube video and one black-and-blue fingernail later, all of the blinds were gone and I was ready to finish painting. The last remaining hiccup was my puppy. Paint and puppies don’t mix.

My puppy, Walker, is very good about his crate, though there is zero chance he will stay quiet if he knows that there is someone else in the apartment. With that as option one, and him scratching the closed bedroom door as option number two, I decided that I had to trick Walker into thinking he was the only one at home.

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In With the New - Wait, Nothing New This Year?!

Blogs are often about encouraging you to DO something such as up-cycling, DIY projects, exercising, healthy eating, etc. But this is going to be about NOT doing something.

I decided in November 2014 that I wasn’t going shop for an entire year.  When I first say this, people are like, “How will you eat?” Let me be more specific.

No shopping for clothing, shoes or accessories, new or used, for an entire year. Pretty black and white, right?

When I came up with this idea, I had just conquered the madness of Black Friday (aka Thanksgiving evening, the heathens!).  I was happy with my haul that I carried gleefully out from the Denver, CO outlets at 1 AM. I normally suffer a bit of buyer’s remorse and turn to my mother to justify these purchases and prove to her (myself) that these are items I NEED. She normally responds with a “Hmmm, yes” and “Wow, that is a good deal” and “That definitely makes sense” and a subtle “Sounds like you won’t be needing anything for awhile!” But being 1 AM - aka 3 AM on the East Coast where my mom slept - I had to stew about these purchases and wonder if I alone could justify them.

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Guest Post Coming!

Tomorrow we are thrilled to feature our first guest post on ATOB! One of Sara's and my hopes for our new blog is to feature new writers on varied topics. We welcome any submissions and have few constraints other than the topic be something you could discuss over omelets and mimosas. We hope that's not too high a hoop for you to jump through.

Feel free to reach out to us at AsToldOverBrunch@gmail.com if you have any questions or want to submit a post!

We also debuted our Facebook page today! Check it out.

And be sure to check back tomorrow to see what we have; we promise it will be worth the read.

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